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Fallout from President Donald Trump's response to the Charlottesville, Virginia, violence Wednesday cost the White House two key economic advisory councils made up of the nation's top CEOs and business leaders. Trump announced via Twitter that he was ending both the American Manufacturing Council

After several business leaders announced their resignations from the White House's American Manufacturing Council in recent days, President Donald Trump announced he was ending the panel Wednesday, along with the separate Strategic and Policy Forum. "Rather than putting pressure on the

Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to label the CEOs who defected from his American Manufacturing Council as "grandstanders" Tuesday, business leaders have continued to drop from the panel, citing concerns over inclusivity. The seventh leader to announce resignation following Trump's response

After four members of his American Manufacturing Council resigned earlier this week, President Donald Trump explained away the actions as ones made out of "embarrassment" over the issue of outsourcing. "Some of the folks that will leave, they're leaving out of embarrassment because they make their

High profile business leaders are reacting to President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, including executives from three of Silicon Valley's biggest and most influential tech firms as well as other blue-chip U.S. businesses in finance, energy and

TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS with RICK KLEIN and SHUSHANNAH WALSHE Day No. 47 THE BIG STORY: “The president must have his reasons,” Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on CNN Monday night, surely with some combination of confidence and optimism about the man he signed up to serve. That kind of

President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, and critics of the doomed deal say the move will protect American jobs. The the withdrawal, which threatens to distance the U.S. from some of its Asian allies, fulfilled a campaign pledge by

INAUGURATION COUNTDOWN: 7 Days NOTABLES --WATCHDOG LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO PRE-ELECTION ACTIONS OF FBI , DOJ: The Department of Justice inspector general's office announced Thursday that it will launch a review of the actions taken by the FBI and DOJ ahead of November's election in connection

Supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are beginning negotiations over the official positions of the Democratic Party -- and the debate is on. A panel of 15 members -- six people chosen by Clinton, five from Sanders and four from party leadership -- met this week in Washington to kick off

NOTABLES --ABC's DAVID MUIR TO INTERVIEW HILLARY CLINTON : Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clintons sits down for an interview today with ABC's DAVID MUIR to discuss the Iran deal, her private e-mail server and the state of the race. WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH: The interview will air on